Caroline in the City (1995–1999)
Lea Thompson: Caroline Duffy, Sleigh Bell
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Quotes
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Caroline : Well, um, listen I'm really tired. And I have to get up early because I'm . . . going to bed early.
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Richard : So, no one liked my paintings in Rome, either. But it was just as well. After Julia left me, I couldn't paint anymore.
Caroline : She broke your heart?
Richard : No, she broke my paint brush! Of course she broke my heart. I mean I was in love with her, you know. Sincere amore. The kind of love you never have to question.
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Caroline : You're Richard's mother?
Natalie Karinsky : Oh, did he tell you I was dead? Usually he tells everyone I'm dead.
Annie : No. He said you lived in Utah.
Natalie Karinsky : Utah? I'd rather be dead.
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Annie : Oh oh, there he is. Places.
Caroline : Annie, maybe you shouldn't.
Annie : Mrs. Karinsky, can we screw with your kid's head?
Natalie Karinsky : That's usually a mother's job but what the hell. Go for it.
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Caroline : Don't judge me. You drink from the toilet bowl.
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Caroline : Is it true that one Christmas---
Natalie Karinsky : Is he still bringing that up? We're JEWISH!!
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Caroline : You know, life's a lot like a river: fast, furious, unpredictable. You just have to take it as it comes. Every now and then though, I wish I was one of those people who had a boat . . .
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Caroline : I just ate 24 of these cookies, but they're fat-free so it's okay.
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Caroline : And for my next trick I'm going to make my boyfriend disappear. I say the magic words. Opera.
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Caroline : You weren't thinking right. All that blood was rushing from your head to other places.
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Caroline : Nobody ever says, 'Oh, you're going to Princeton and then to Harvard for a law degree, well, it's your life!'
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Caroline : It wasn't my one and only marriage proposal. In second grade, a guy proposed to me and besides the fact that he ate paste, he was quite a catch.
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Caroline : What about him?
Annie : Married.
Caroline : No ring.
Annie : He's buying over-the-calf socks.
Caroline : So?
Annie : Over-the-calf socks look better when you're dressed because there's no gap between trouser and sock when you cross your legs. Crew socks look better when you're undressed because you don't look like a dork. Obviously, this guy cares more about what he looks like dressed than undressed, ergo married.
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Caroline : Thanks for answering my ad, Mr. Monroe.
Monroe : It's just 'Monroe.' One word, like 'Picasso.' Or 'Cher.' Or 'Satan!'
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Caroline : Now, promise me you won't tell them.
Annie : What kind of person do you think I am?
Caroline : I repeat: promise me you won't tell them.
[they enter]
Caroline : Hey, guys.
Del : Hey, hey. What ya' been?
Annie : Well, you guys won't believe this. Caroline and I were out at the ATM on Eighth St.
Caroline : Okay, fine, let's just get it out in the open. I picked my nose and they got it on videotape. Give me your best shot. You may not get another opportunity like this. Caroline, you're so snotty. Caroline, don't be so picky.
Del : Caroline, you picked your nose?
Richard : Oh my God. And I use your pencils.
Annie : Well, I was only going to say you lost your 200 bucks, but hey.
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Richard : Oh, please, why don't you just leave her alone. Look, Caroline has some standards, something you both have learned to live without.
Caroline : Well, thank you, Richard.
Richard : Of course, if you really had standards you wouldn't have done anything that disgusting in the first place. If you'll excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom.
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Caroline : You know, I'm gonna let that go. Because you're the birthday boy. Now. I couldn't decide whether to buy you something like a sweater, or get you a check.
[picks up gift]
Caroline : But I decided checks are just so impersonal so happy birthday, Richard.
[opens paper]
Richard : Great, just what I needed. Every year, another
[pulls out check]
Richard : A check?
Caroline : I decided impersonal was more you.
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Caroline : Does the hospital know you're gone, Richard? Because you are, you know.
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Richard : How could anyone not like the opera. Opera is transcendent. It is the most intense musical experience a person can have.
Caroline : Plus you get to wear those neat, long gloves!
Richard : You know, I'm certain that's what Mozart had in mind when he wrote The Marriage of Figaro. 'Oh, goodie, now women can accessorize!'
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Caroline : Alone in the moonlight, walking hand-in-hand with a monkey. Kinda reminds me of my first date with Del!
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Caroline : Wait, wait, wait, wait. Can you explain this to me? I left my Secret Italian Decoder Ring in my other purse.
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Annie : Oh oh, and I met a guy. Rob Rothman.
Caroline : Wow. What's he like?
Annie : I have no idea. I was hoping you would remember him.
Caroline : Wait, you know his name but you don't remember what he looks like?
Richard : Oh, interesting variation. Usually she remembers what they look like and can't remember their names.
Annie : Well, I guess I had a tad too much punch.
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Caroline : For Christmas my mom makes gingerbread men with little raisin nipples.
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Caroline : You know if this whole thing with Richard doesn't turn out, you wanna be my mom?
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Caroline : Brace yourself, I'm going to hug you.
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Richard : Because then he'll want to get back together but I'll have to tell him we're not getting back together but I can't do that over the phone so I'll have to go over there and then we will get back together because I'm spineless and completely co-dependent!
[Caroline gives him a strange look]
Richard : I'm sorry, I just made that last part up.
Caroline : No, it's good, keep it.
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Cop : Get married, move to Long Island, have a couple of kids. You'll be safe.
Caroline : Did my mother send you?
Cop : Do it now while you're pretty, 'cause in 10 years you're just gonna have to get a gun.
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Caroline : You see, Del, you're a turtleneck kind of guy, while the Jewish man is . . . a crew neck kind of guy.